Old, Robert

Birth Name Old, Robert
Also Known As Ould
Gender male
Age at Death about 80 years, 26 days

Narrative

Robert Old was one of the first five proprietors of Suffield, which was originally founded as a township of Massachusetts in 1670, and became part of Connecticut in 1749.

CynthiaGrauman48 on ancestry.com:
"Robard (Robert) Ould, 1645-1728, son of John of Sherbourne county, Dorset, England, became the founder of our branch of the family in America in 1667, when he came as an immigrant and settled at Windsor, Hartford county, Connecticut.He was married to Susannah Hanford in 1669. She died in 1688 and he married Dorothy, daughter of Launcelot Granger, in 1689.In 1673 he moved to Suffield, Connecticut and was granted land in Suffield, and he became one of the proprietors agents for the town to the General court of 1694.

He was a soldier in King Phillips' War serving under Captain William Turner, and was in "Falls Fight Battle" May 18, 1676. It was one of the decisive battles of this war. At that time he was a resident of Springfield, Massachusetts and was voted a plot of land soon after the war ended.

The letter "u" was dropped from the name, and the letter "s" adopted in the first generation after Robert.The descendants of Robert Olds migrated to various New England states and then the Middle States. They are now found in the Western States extending to the Pacific Coast.Robert Olds died in 1728, aged 87 years and is buried at North Hampton Road, Massachusetts, and there is a slab in the church yard to mark his grave."

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1648 Sherbourne, Dorset, England    
Immigration before 1667   probably used the port of New Haven, CT  
Event Note

first discovered at Windsor, Conn., in 1667, apprenticed to Jacob Drake;
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Olds-253

Death 1727/8-01-16 (Julian) Suffield, Hartford, CT    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ould, John16151682-01-15
Mother Gatherest, Elizabeth16151660-05-29
         Old, Robert about 1648 1727/8-01-16 (Julian)

Families

Family of Old, Robert and Hanford, Susannah
Married Wife Hanford, Susannah ( * 1645 + 1688/9-01-06 (Julian) )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1669-12-31 Windsor, Hartford, CT    
  Narrative

bio from Findagrave:
Robert (Ould) Old married Susannah Hosford at Windsor, Conn. There had Robert, born October 9, 1670; Jonathan, born December 24, 1672, died December 19, 1696. Removed to Suffield 1673, North- ampton Road-that part of it afterward called "Old Street." Chil- dren born at Suffield were: Mindwell, born February 4, 1674 (the first white child born at Suffield); Handford, born March 24, 1677; William, born February 7, 1679, died August 24, 1680; William, second of the name, born August 28, 168-; Ebenezer, born December 22, 1688, died December 30, 1688; Susannah, born October 21, 1683. His wife, Susannah, died January 6, 1688. He married second wife, Dorothy, daughter of Launcelot Granger, April 1, 1689. Children: John, born January 11, 1691; Ebenezer, born January 22, 1693;

HISTORY OF SUFFIELD.

Josiah, born March 4, 1695, died December 28, 1712; Jonathan, born June 8. 1698; Nathaniel, born March 2, 1702; Joseph, born Febru- ary 3, 170-
Robert Old himself died January 16, 1728. A small slab in the old church-yard marks his burial place. From whence he came to Windsor, or who were his ancestors is unknown. The addition of the letter (s) to the surname is of late date in Suffield records. In 1696, "Goodman" Old made brick, and built the chimney for the minister's house. In 1694, he was appointed town agent to manage their case before the General Assembly in regard to their "rates," which were burdensome. Several of his sons remained in Suffield, and had fami- lies. His sons, Jonathan and Robert, Jr., had lauds allotted them in Springfield, west of the river, in 1720, and lived there at that time. He was not qualified to vote at the first town meeting, and probably was never made a "Freeman,"

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Old, William1680-08-281749-09-21

Family of Old, Robert and Granger, Dorothy
Married Wife Granger, Dorothy ( * 1665-02-17 + 1728 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1689-04-01 Suffield, Hartford, CT